The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-04-19


event as in the Hamilton case-'I
know Page, he was looked upon as the
head leader of the strikers judged
he was so from his maHeuvers and
consultations. During the strike |
got out an engine and was attaching
it To freight train for the purpose of
sending the train out. Perry came
to me and demanded | should give up
the engine. He was in company with
Page. | told him / would not do so.
The strikers had boarded the train. |
asked him what be intended to do
with the engine. He replied
he proposed to take her back to the
round house, told him he could not
take her except by force and asked
him what he proposed to do. Page
and Perry consulted awhile and Page
came up and said they would not in
teri, re with the engine. He ordered
the strikers off the train and they got
off. My engineer complained OF the
condition of The engine and the fire, |
had her run back, the fire drawn and
furnace cleaned and started a new fire,
l went to the Office, and when re-
turned, the engine was run off, the
fire was drawn and engine killed. do
not know who did it. Saw Page
about the yards half a dozen times II
day nearly every day Of the strike.
don't think | ever asked his consent
to operate the road. The strike
closed about April 5, 1886. l saw
Page in Sedalia after that, saw him
in Hannibal also. Don't know what
his business was there, the strike was
still on there, saw him there with the
railroad strikers, | went there after
We started the trains in Sedalia to see
if could not start them in Hannibal.
| think man named Gibbons led the
strikers there.
Cross-examination by Bridges am
reasonably sure i saw Page in Hani-
bal. saw him crossing the bridge of
the Hannibal and St. Joe track. /
was standing on the platform of the
Union depot, am reasonably sure it
was Page saw, the. strike was not
entirely over in Sedalia then, it was
over SO far as the railroad company
was concerned, as they were moving
trains. The railroad company did not
join the strike, you know my meaning
well enough.
3. p. Weller called-Was assistant
master mechanic at the Missouri Pa
cific shops at the time of the strike,
and ever since February 1886; had
Page in my employ previous to the
strike as machinist. Page was rec
ognized as the leader of the strikers /;
he came to the yards every day dur
ing the strike. l asked his permits
sion one day to get out couple of
engines. He replied | might if l
could; it was his business to stop
them. Page was chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Knights Of
Labor previous to the strike. If We
had trouble with our employees we had
to go to him for permission to dis
charge them. do not know who
ordered the strike. Page gave ME
notice not to 60 to the shops. Page
and Kerr showed me written order
to leave town within one hour it was
signed, by 1000 Strikers" | next
day had instructions from Mr.. Sibley
not to 90 about the yards, but to stay
in my office. told Kerr and Page if
they had any orders for me, to serve
them through Mr.. Sibley. Page came
to me about > or 4 o'clock, March
22nd, and wanted to know if | intend
ed to try and start any more trains?
] told him | would it | had orders to
do so. He said | better not it would
do no good, for fla train started it
would be wrecked before it got to
Smithton. Mr.. Grow was with ME at
the time and heard the conversation.
Page came alone. We started the
next train next day and it was wreck
ed between here and Smithton. We
had tried to start train at p. M.
the End anG tailed.
Crossed-examined by Bridges -
The wreck occurred the next
day after Page came to me
he never asked me anything about Il
passenger engine. We had been in
the habit of starting trains east, tried
to send one engine north. We tried to
start train east ON the 22nd before
Page came to me. | was before the
grand jury. | AN not mistaken in
the date Page came to me, it was the
22nd of March. | did not testify
different before the grand jury, there
was an injunction against the strikers,
do not know when it was served,
whether before or after the 22nd of
March. Page was in my Office the